MaD dUCK wrote: > > now, there is ':' in there, but that shouldn't mean that it needs a > font server, right? anyway, i am postponing this email to restart xdm > now that i have commented the first three lines... > > ... back... but that did not fix the problem... it is still asking for > a connection to the font server and i don't know why. moreover, i am > not going to run portmap just because xdm bitches, so please let me > know how i can disable this behavior.
If its an xfs font server thing, check out /etc/X11/xfs/config for xfs TCP port listening. You may have to set no-listen=tcp. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~